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Egyptian students’ guardians knowledge, attitude and predictors of negative attitude of epilepsy in Assiut city

Authors
Ghaydaa A. Shehataa, *, ghaydaa83@yahoo.com, Dalia G. Mahranb
aDepartment of Neurology and Psychiatry, Assiut University Hospitals, Egypt
bDepartment of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
*Corresponding author. Address: Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Assiut University Hospitals, PO Box 71516, Assiut, Egypt. Tel.: +20 882297075; fax: +20 882333327.
Corresponding Author
Ghaydaa A. Shehataghaydaa83@yahoo.com
Received 24 May 2013, Revised 11 August 2013, Accepted 19 September 2013, Available Online 21 October 2013.
DOI
10.1016/j.jegh.2013.09.006How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Knowledge; Attitude; Epilepsy; Students’ guardians; Predictors; Egypt
Abstract

Background: Epilepsy is very prevalent in Egypt, approaching 6.98 per 1000 population. This study was designed to assess the knowledge and attitudes towards epilepsy among guardians of Egyptian high school students.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was made among guardians (parents/guardians) of high school students in Assiut city, Egypt. A 15-item questionnaire was self-administered by 1257 students’ guardians who were randomly selected.

Results: All recruited parents/guardians of high school students had heard about epilepsy. Families with a patient with epilepsy (PWE) had significantly better information about epilepsy and its aetiology than other families. The predictors of negative attitudes towards PWE were: age group ranging from 40 to 49 years, no work, skilled work, male sex and incorrect knowledge.

Conclusion: Having a patient with epilepsy is a predictor to having greater knowledge and a better attitude towards epilepsy. However, people still have a concept that PWE are stigmatized and are different from others. Raising awareness about epilepsy and its aetiology will increase the knowledge and improve the attitudes towards PWE.

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© 2013 Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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Journal
Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
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87 - 95
Publication Date
2013/10/21
ISSN (Online)
2210-6014
ISSN (Print)
2210-6006
DOI
10.1016/j.jegh.2013.09.006How to use a DOI?
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© 2013 Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

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